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Managing I/O Console
using C++

C++ Stream Classes
• Stream and stream classes : to implement I/O
operations with the console and disk files.
• It is a sequence of bytes(or interface)..
• It acts as a source from which input data can
be obtained.
• or as destination to which the output can be
sent.
• Source stream is called Input stream.
• Destination stream is called Output stream.

• Data in the Input stream can come from
Keyboard etc.
• Similarly, data in the output stream can go to
the screen.
• C++ provides standard iostream library to
operate with streams.
• Cin and cout are the predefined streams .

• If bytes flow from a device like a keyboard, a
disk drive, or a network connection etc. to
main memory, this is called input operation .
• and if bytes flow from main memory to a
device like a display screen, a printer, a disk
drive, or a network connection, etc., this is
called output operation.

• istream is a general purpose input stream. cin
is an example of an istream.
• ostream is a general purpose output stream.
cout is the example of ostream.
• ifstream is an input file stream. It is a special
kind of an istream that reads in data from a
data file.
• ofstream is an output file stream. It is a
special kind of ostream that writes data out to
a data file.

• C++ provides the following classes to perform
output and input of characters to/from files:
ofstream: Stream class to write on files
• ifstream: Stream class to read from files
• fstream: Stream class to both read and write
from/to files.

Console I/O operations
There are mainly two types of console I/O
operations form:
• Unformatted console input output
• Formatted console input output

Unformatted input output operations
The following are operations of unformatted
input / output operations:
A) void get()
• It is a method of cin object used to input a
single character from keyboard. But its main
property is that it allows wide spaces and
newline character.
• Syntax:
char c=cin.get();

Example
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
char c=cin.get();
cout<<c<<endl;
return 0;
}

void put()
• It is a method of cout object and it is used to
print the specified character on the screen or
monitor.
• Syntax:
cout.put(variable / character);

Example
#include<iostream>
int main()
{
char c=cin.get();
cout.put(c); //Here it prints the value of variable c;
cout.put('c'); //Here it prints the character 'c';
return 0;
}

getline(char ,int size)
• This is a method of cin object and it is used to
input a string with multiple spaces.
• Syntax:
char x[30];
cin.getline(x,30);

Example
#include<iostream>
int main()
{
cout<<"Enter name :";
char c[10];
cin.getline(c,10); //It takes 10 charcters as
input
cout<<c<<endl;
return 0;
}

write(char , int n)
• It is a method of cout object. This method is
used to write n character from buffer variable.
• Syntax:
cout.write(x,2);

Example
#include<iostream>
int main()
{
cout<<"Enter name : ";
char c[10];
cin.getline(c,10); //It takes 10 charcters as input;
cout.write(c,9); //It reads only 9 character from buffer c;
return 0;
}

cin
• It is the method to take input any variable /
character / string.
• Syntax:
cin>>variable / character / String / ;

Example
#include<iostream>
int main()
{
int num;
char ch;
string str;
cout<<"Enter Number"<<endl;
cin>>num; //Inputs a variable;
cout<<"Enter Character"<<endl;
cin>>ch; //Inputs a character;
cout<<"Enter String"<<endl;
cin>>str; //Inputs a string;
return 0;
}

cout
• This method is used to print variable / string /
character.
Syntax:
cout<< variable / charcter / string;

Example
#include<iostream>
int main()
{
int num=100;
char ch='X';
string str="Deepak";
cout<<"Number is "<<num<<endl; //Prints value of variable;
cout<<"Character is "<<ch<<endl; //Prints character;
cout<<"String is "<<str<<endl; //Prints string;
return 0;
}

Formatted console input output operations

• In formatted console input output operations we
uses functions to make output in perfect
alignment.
• C++ provides many function to convert any file
into perfect aligned format.
• These functions are available in header
file <iomanip>.
• iomanip refers input output manipulations.

width(n)
• This function is used to set width of the
output.
• Syntax:
cout<<setw(int n);

Example
#include<iostream>
#include<iomanip>
int main()
{
int x=10;
cout<<setw(20)<<x;
return 0;
}

fill(char)
• This function is used to fill specified character
at unused space.
• Syntax:
cout<<setfill('character')<<variable;

Example
#include<iostream>
#include<iomanip>
int main()
{
int x=10;
cout<<setw(20);
cout<<setfill('#')<<x;
return 0;
}

precison(n)
• This method is used for setting floating point
of the output.
• Syntax:
cout<<setprecision('int n')<<variable;

#include<iostream>
#include<iomanip>
int main()
{
float x=10.12345;
cout<<setprecision(5)<<x;
return 0;
}

Working with Files
• The data are stored in the secondary device
using the concept of files.
• Files are the collection of related data stored
in a particular area on the disk.
• Programs can be written to perform read and
write operations on these files.

Working with files generally requires the
following kinds of data communication
methodologies:
• Data transfer between console units.
• Data transfer between the program and the
disk file.
• We use the header file <fstream>

File Handling Classes
• ofstream: It represents output Stream and this is
used for writing in files.
• ifstream: It represents input Stream and this is
used for reading from files.
• fstream: It represents both output Stream and
input Stream. So it can read from files and write
to files.

Operations in File Handling
• Creating a file: open()
• Reading data: read()
• Writing new data: write()
• Closing a file: close()

Opening & Closing a file in C++

Opening a file
Files can be opened in two ways. They are:
• Using constructor function of the class.
- Useful when we use only one file.
• Using member function open of the class.
- Manage multiple files using one stream.

Using constructor function of the class
The syntax of opening a file in C++ is:
open (filename, mode);
There are some mode flags used for file opening. These are:
• ios::app: append mode
• ios::ate: open a file in this mode for read/write controlling to
the end of the file
• ios::in: open file in this mode for reading
• ios::out: open file in this mode for writing
• ios::trunk: when any file already exists, its contents will be
truncated before file opening

• When any C++ program terminates, it
automatically flushes out all the streams,
releases all the allocated memory and closes
all the opened files.
• But it is good to use the close() function to
close the file related streams and it is a
member of ifsream, ofstream and fstream
objects.
• The structure of using this function is:
void close();

Reading from and writing to file
• While doing C++ program, programmers write
information to a file from the program using the
stream insertion operator (<<) and reads
information using the stream extraction
operator (>>).
• The only difference is that for files programmers
need to use an ofstream or fstream object
instead of the cout object and ifstream or
fstream object instead of the cin object.

Opening file using constructor
• This involves the following steps:-
i) Create a file stream object to manage the
stream using the appropriate class.
ii) Initialize the file object with desired
filename.
ofstream outfile(“result”);
outfile<<<“total”;
ifstream infile(“data”);
infile>>number;

Working with Single file
#include<fstream.h>
void main()
{
ofstream outf(“item”);
cout<<“enter name”;
char name[30];
cin>>name;
outf<<name;
float cost;
cin>>cost;
outf<<cost;
outf.close();
ifstream inf(“item”);
inf>>name;
inf>>cost;
cout<<name;
cout<<cost;
inf.close();
}

• When a file is opened for writing only, a new
file is created if there is no file of that name.
• If file by that name exists already, then its
contents are deleted and file is presented as a
clean file.
• Without losing the original contents, open an
existing file for updating.

Opening file using open() function
• Function open() can be used open multiple files
that uses the same stream object.
fstream stream_obj;
stream_obj.open(“file_name”);
• First file is closed before opening the second one.
This is necessary because stream can be
connected to only one file at a time.

Example
ofstream outfile;
outfile.open(“data1”);
--------------
---------------
outfile.close();
outfile.open(“data2”);
--------------
---------------
outfile.close();

Create file with Open() function
#include<fstream.h>
void main()
{
ofstream fout;
fout.open(“counting”);
fout<<“US”;
fout<<“UK”;
fout<<“india”;
fout.close();
fout.open(“capital”);
fout<<“washington”;
fout<<“london”;
fout<<“delhi”;
fout.close();
• //reading the files(PTO)

int N=80;
char line[N];
ifstream fin;
fin.open(“country”);
while(fin)
{
fin.getline(line,N);
cout<<line;
}
fin.close();
fin.open(“capital”);
while(fin)
{
fin.getline(line,N);
cout<<line;
}
fin.close();
}

Detecting end-of-file
• While(fin) //ifstream object
• Another method:
• if(fin.eof()!=0);
• Eof() is a member of ios class.
• This statement terminates the program on
reaching the end of file.

More about open file modes
• object.open(“filename”); ///one argument
• open() can take 2 arguments.
object.open(“filename”,mode);
• Member function contain default values for
second argument and therefore they use
default values in the absence of actual values.
• Ios::in
• Ios::out

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